RT published this video item, entitled “Nobody is forgotten, nothing is forgotten | 80 years since the beginning of the Great Patriotic War” – below is their description.
On June 22, 1941, the Nazis attacked the USSR. Today, 80 years on, Russia commemorates the victims of Nazi aggression. On this grim anniversary, we invite you to watch the reconstruction of archive footage from that day, restored using AI.
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